10. The Return of the Belgians

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations and Maps ix
4. People and Places, 1960 xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Congo of the Belgians 5
7. 2. In dependence 19
8. 3. The Empire Strikes Back 32
9. 4. The Cold War Comes to Africa 52
10. 5. Dag Hammarskjöld and the UN 73
11. 6. The Government Falls 91
12. 7. Mobutu 107
13. 8. Africans against Lumumba 122
14. 9. The Central Intelligence Agency 135
15. 10. The Return of the Belgians 156
16. 11. Lumumba Imperiled 177
17. 12. Killing Lumumba 194
18. Epilogue 215
19. Notes 225
20. Essay on Sources 251
21. Acknowledgments 267
22. Index 269